Maurice Roëves
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Maurice Roëves is a Scottish actor, born in Sunderland, County Durham (now Tyne and Wear) on 19 March 1937. His television roles include Danger UXB (1979), The Nightmare Man (1981), the 1984 Doctor Who serial The Caves of Androzani, Days of our Lives (1986), Tutti Frutti (1987), Rab C. Nesbitt (1990), The New Statesman (1990), Spender (1991), Star Trek: The Next Generation, the BBC adaptation of Vanity Fair (1998) and EastEnders (2003). He also played Chief Superintendent David Duckenfield in the 1996 television film Hillsborough, in which his character patrolled the FA Cup semi-final in the Liverpool F.C. game where a crush (blame on loss of police control) led to the deaths of 96 fans. In 2006 he starred in the BBC docudrama Surviving Disasters, portraying Sir Matt Busby in the story of the Munich air disaster. He starred as Robert Henderson in BBC Scotland's drama River City. His film roles include Oh! What a Lovely War, Ulysses, Hidden Agenda, the 1992 version of The Last of the Mohicans, the Judge Dredd movie (1995) and Beautiful Creatures (2000). In 2003 he appeared in May Miles Thomas's film Solid Air. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maurice Roëves, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers)...
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The Last of the Mohicans
as Colonel MunroIn war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and...
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Escape to Victory
as PyrieA group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team...
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Brighton Rock
as Chief InspectorCharts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious...
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Macbeth
as MenteithFeature film adaptation of Shakespeare's Scottish play about General Macbeth whose ambitious...
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Hallam Foe
as RaymondHallam's talent for spying on people reveals his darkest fears-and his most peculiar desires....
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The Eagle Has Landed
as Major CorcoranWhen the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a...
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David
as JoabA distinguished military leader whose reign was touched by great scandal, shocking betrayals and...
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Moses
as ZerakWhen Pharaoh Rameses II begins to tighten the noose on his Jewish slaves, Israelite Moses,...
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The Damned United
as Jimmy GordonTaking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players'...
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The Acid House
as GodA surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection...
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The Dark
as DafyddIn an attempt to pull her family together, Adèlle travels with her young daughter Sarah to Wales...
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Fast Track: No Limits
as SchmittyAn action movie centered around a group of street racers.
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Hidden Agenda
as HarrisIn Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to...
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Who Dares Wins
as Major SteeleWhen SAS Captain Peter Skellen is thrown out of the service for gross misconduct due to...
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Beautiful Creatures
as Ronnie McMinnWhen Petula and Dorothy cover up the accidental murder of one jerk boyfriend, they hatch a...
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S.O.S. Titanic
as Frederick Barrett, Leading StokerThe Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.
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When Eight Bells Toll
as Lt. Williams - Helicopter PilotIn a vein similar to Bond movies, a British agent Philip Calvert is on a mission to determine...
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Oh! What a Lovely War
as George SmithThe working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys...
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The Big Man
as Cam ColvinAn unemployed Scottish miner is forced into bare-knuckle boxing to make ends meet.
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The Sight
as Det. Pryce's bossThe American successful architect Michael Lewis travels to London with his partner and friend,...
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Harrigan
as Billy DavidsonAmongst the desperation and fear growing in a crime ridden estate in northern England, one man...
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The Operation
as Ted HardinDavid Adler is an operator. He strips assets, other men's wives, and his oldest friend's soul -...
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Ulysses
as Stephen DedalusDublin; June 16, 1904. Stephen Dedalus, who fancies himself as a poet, embarks on a day of...
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Inside the Third Reich
as Rudolf HessA dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler's young architect and onetime confidant, and...
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Family
as KenMarion loses her job as a psychiatric nurse, but cannot let go of her responsibility for former...
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Luna
as (Jacob) DoctorRenowned artist and filmmaker Dave McKean (MirrorMask) brings his distinctive blend of live...
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The Fighting Prince of Donegal
as MartinIreland 1587. Hugh O'Donnell inherits the title of The O'Donnell, the prince of Donegal, and...
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Twelfth Night
as AntonioViola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where...
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Forgive and Forget
as Michael O'NeilDavid O'Neil, a plasterer and mature student Theo have been best mates for fourteen years and...
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Hillsborough
as Chf Supt. DuckenfieldDrama based on the real life events of April 1989, when ninety-six Liverpool supporters were...
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The Nightmare Man
as Inspector InskipA heavy fog cuts the small isolated Scottish island off from the mainland, and dentist Michael...
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A Day at the Beach
as NicholasBernie is a silver tongued wanderer with a fondness for drink and no clear goal in life. What...
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Willie Rough
as Charlie McGrathIn the dark days of 1914 Willie Rough set out to find work in Greenock. He becomes a...
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The Negotiator
as Eddie GemonillA serious heart condition puts an end to Charlie King's job as a "street copper", but he refuses...
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The Journal of Bridget Hitler
as Adolf HitlerAn Irishwoman married to a German in pre-First World War Liverpool prepares to meet her...
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Unreported Incident
as JackJack Lawrence and Jimmy Dunne were once, briefly, enemies at opposite ends of a gun on the Irish...
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Orkney
as BillThree stories reflecting life in the Orkney Islands, two set in the past, and one in the present.
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919 Fifth Avenue
as PatrickWhen Ben Constant agreed to write a biography on the wealthy Van Degan family, he never...
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Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
as StotzArriving on the barren world of Androzani Minor, the Doctor and Peri find themselves embroiled...
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Making The Last of the Mohicans
as SelfInterviews with the cast and crew of the 1992 Michael Mann film.
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Cock, Hen and Courting Pit
as Ian TiggottA couple revisit a past love affair when they meet again ten years later.
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Cheers
as SeanThe story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Romulan CaptainFollow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the...
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Baywatch
as uncreditedJoin the Baywatch lifeguards on their thrilling adventures filled with beautiful beaches and...
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Murder, She Wrote
as Police CaptainAn unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...
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Magnum, P.I.
as uncreditedA private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a...
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Doctor Who
as StotzThe adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores...
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Skins
as AlexIrreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable...
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Casualty
as Carl JacksonDrama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...
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Rumpole of the Bailey
as uncreditedRumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer...
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Play for Today
as Ted HardinPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
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Waking the Dead
as Vinnie PeverellA detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.
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Bergerac
as VaccarroBergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the...
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Remington Steele
as Angus WhitewoodLaura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential...
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Jake and the Fatman
as TattooistJake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L....
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Dr. Finlay's Casebook
as uncreditedDr Finlay's Casebook is a television series that was broadcast on the BBC from 1962 until 1971....
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Trial & Retribution
as uncreditedTrial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that began...
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The Sweeney
as Phil DeaconJack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue...
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Hunter
as Michael MullenbyHunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred...
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BBC Television Shakespeare
as uncreditedThe BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of...
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The New Statesman
as Ken PriceThe New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the...
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Return of the Saint
as WillcoxFollow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.
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Doomwatch
as Peter ShiptonDoomwatch is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on...
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Warship
as uncreditedWarship was a popular British television drama series produced by the BBC between 1973 and 1977....
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Paul Temple
as uncreditedPaul Temple is a British-German television series . It features Francis Matthews as Paul Temple,...
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Spender
as Mal BalmerJimmy Nail plays tough cop Spender, forced to return to his native Newcastle after a failed...
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Target
as uncreditedA crime drama set in Southampton following a team of detectives and the cases they solve.
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Jason King
as uncreditedJason King - a suavely sophisticated former secret agent turned novelist - travels the world...
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Danger UXB
as Sergeant JamesDanger UXB is a 1979 British ITV television series about World War II developed by John...
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The Play on One
as Jack LawrenceA series of plays specially written for television.
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The Chinese Detective
as uncreditedChinese British Detective Sergeant John Ho solves cases in the East End of London. Ho fits the...
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The Shadow of the Tower
as uncreditedThe Shadow of the Tower is a historical drama that was broadcast on BBC2 in 1972. It was a...
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Vanity Fair
as uncreditedBecky Sharp is a beautiful, clever and poor girl determined to earn a higher place in society at...
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Lytton's Diary
as MaximPeter Bowles gives a memorable performance as Fleet Street's most successful gossip columnist,...
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Tutti Frutti
as Vincent DiverTutti Frutti is a BBC Scotland six part drama series, transmitted in 1987 and written by John...
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Oil Strike North
as uncreditedOil Strike North is a BBC television drama series produced in 1975. The series was created and...
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The Nightmare Man
as Inspector InskipThe population of a small Scottish island is gripped with fear following a strange discovery and...
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